Software:Barbie Riding Club

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Barbie Riding Club
Barbie Riding Club (cover).jpg
Developer(s)Human Code
Publisher(s)Mattel Media
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release1998

Barbie Riding Club is a 1998 computer game developed by American studio Human Code and published by Mattel Media.[1] Its gameplay involves feeding, grooming and riding horses.[2]

Gameplay

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
PC Gaming World8/10[3]

In the United States, Barbie Riding Club took #1 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings in its opening week.[1] It debuted on the monthly charts in second place for November 1998,[4] a position it held in December.[5] By the end of the year, its sales in the United States had totaled 288,381 units, for revenues of $9 million. This made it the country's 14th-best-selling computer game of 1998, according to PC Data.[6] The game was also named as a finalist by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for "PC Children's Entertainment Title of the Year" at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.[7]

See also

  • List of Barbie video games

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dial, Marla (December 6, 1998). "Human Code grooms Barbie". Austin Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1998/12/07/story2.html. Retrieved February 17, 2019. 
  2. Tennant, Dennis (December 7, 1998). "Fill Cyber Stockings with PC Fun". Daily Press. https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19981207-1998-12-07-9812120680-story.html. 
  3. Marsh, Ian (February 9, 1999). "Barbie Riding Club Review". PC Gaming World. http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/action/barbi_uk/review.html. 
  4. Mayer, Robert (December 13, 1998). "November Belongs to Deer Hunter 2 3D". Computer Games Strategy Plus. http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/025/pc_data_november.html. 
  5. Fudge, James (January 15, 1999). "Deer Hunter II Tops Charts". Computer Games Strategy Plus. http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/162/pc_data_december.html. 
  6. Staff (April 1999). "Eyewitness; The Numbers Game". PC Gamer US 6 (4): 50. 
  7. "Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Computer". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html.